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Ascend VC

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Ascend VC is a venture capital firm based in the United States, investing in Software & Developer Tools; Energy, Environment & Mobility and Industry & Hardware, 16 tracked investments.

16
Investments Tracked

About Ascend VC

Ascend VC is a venture capital firm headquartered in the United States. We have recorded 16 investments for Ascend VC to date.

Sector activity concentrates in Software & Developer Tools; Energy, Environment & Mobility; Industry & Hardware and Artificial Intelligence. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.

Ascend is a pre-seed venture capital firm investing in SaaS 3.0 (vertical AI agents and applications), Gen AI 2.0 ("fast followers" in horizontal AI/infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world's hardest problems). Preferred stage is pre-seed, preferred check $250-$750K, and focus is primarily on Seattle-area founders.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus
pre-seedseed
Sectors
Software & Developer ToolsEnergy, Environment & MobilityIndustry & Hardwareartificial intelligencegovtechLocal ServicesmarketingPersonalized Medicine

Investment Thesis

Ascend is a pre-seed venture capital firm investing in SaaS 3.0 (vertical AI agents and applications), Gen AI 2.0 ("fast followers" in horizontal AI/infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world's hardest problems). Preferred stage is pre-seed, preferred check $250-$750K, and focus is primarily on Seattle-area founders.

Ascend VC Portfolio Companies

15 tracked holdings.

Portfolio outcomes
56 active3 acquired1 stalled2 defunct4.0% exit rate

Team

Kirby WinfieldFounding General Partner
Jen HallerPartner and Chief of Staff
Nate BekAssociate

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